Gender

Female entrepreneurship in Afghanistan

According to Microfinance Times, 75 percent of all active microcredit borrowers in Afghanistan are now women, many of whom use their loans to start businesses. Beauty parlors, tailoring shops, and…

Pablo H.|
Environment, Gender, Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Water

Womenomics

In their guide to womenomics the Economist argues that the future of the world economy lies increasingly in female hands - perhaps the world's most under-utilized resource.

Pablo H.|
Environment, Gender, Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector

Growth, penny by penny

John Lancaster profiles how companies and entrepreneurs are targeting the untapped market potential of India’s rural poor. A 30-year-old mother of two, Kadem is part of a novel Hindustan Lever…

Pablo H.|
Environment, Gender, Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Water

International Women's Day 2006

Global Voices Online is hosting a two part feature honoring African women. (ht: Jewels in the Jungle)

Pablo H.|
Environment, Gender, Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Water

Female entrepreneurs

Today is international women’s day. So with perfect timing, Global Entrepreneurship Monitor has released their 2005 report on women and entrepreneurship. Findings include:

Pablo H.|
Environment, Gender, Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Water
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